WO2017198271A1 - Commande du bruit d'une éolienne - Google Patents

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WO2017198271A1
WO2017198271A1 PCT/DK2017/050159 DK2017050159W WO2017198271A1 WO 2017198271 A1 WO2017198271 A1 WO 2017198271A1 DK 2017050159 W DK2017050159 W DK 2017050159W WO 2017198271 A1 WO2017198271 A1 WO 2017198271A1
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  • the present invention relates to the analysis and control of noise emission from wind turbines, and particularly to tonal noise emission.
  • the noise emission from a wind turbine includes both mechanical noise, also known as structure borne noise (SBN), and aerodynamic noise.
  • Mechanical noise includes noise produced by components within the nacelle, such as the wind turbine gearbox.
  • Aerodynamic noise comes from the wind turbine blades and includes, for example, noise due to vortex-shedding. It is also possible for the turbine blades to radiate mechanical noise to the surroundings.
  • These methods include measuring wind speed and direction and using these to produce a wind turbine noise emission model for predicting noise as a function of the geographical position of the turbines, the geographical position of a noise immision point and operating parameters of the wind turbines.
  • the operation of wind turbines in the wind park is controlled to prevent the predicted noise from exceeding a predetermined threshold.
  • tonal noise is difficult to predict.
  • Noise emission models such as those described in EP 2337952 are less effective for predicting tonal noise and identifying tonal noise events.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method of analyzing noise emission from wind turbines that is effective for tonal noise, and a method of controlling the operation of wind turbines to reduce or avoid the production of tonal noise.
  • a method of controlling a wind turbine to avoid tonal noise production comprises acquiring noise data representing noise produced by a wind turbine and acquiring data from a plurality of vibration sensors positioned at different locations about the wind turbine.
  • the method further comprises identifying a region of interest in the noise data, the region of interest being a candidate for containing tonal noise generated by the wind turbine, and identifying a vibration sensor, the data for which correlates with the noise data in the region of interest.
  • the method further comprises adjusting one or more wind turbine operating parameters in response to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor.
  • Adjusting the turbine operating parameters may be performed in response to the vibration level detected by the vibration sensor meeting one or more predetermined conditions, which indicate tonal noise is occurring.
  • the method may further comprise determining a threshold vibration level for the identified vibration sensor, the threshold being based on the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor in the region of interest, and adjusting one or more wind turbine operating parameters in response to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeding the threshold.
  • the identifying of a vibration sensor may include identifying one or more vibration sensors, the data for each of which correlates with the noise data in the region of interest.
  • the method may then further comprise determining a threshold vibration level for each of the identified vibration sensors, the threshold being based on the vibration level detected by the respective identified vibration sensor in the region of interest, and adjusting one or more wind turbine operating parameters when the vibration level detected by each identified vibration sensor exceeds the respective determined threshold.
  • Non-primary sources can, in some cases, be more significant, especially if the driving frequency corresponds to a resonant frequency of the source that is being driven. Additionally, the extent to which vibrations from different sources and different frequencies will be radiated to the surroundings as noise varies significantly, as can the direction of propagation.
  • how the sound is radiated can vary significantly depending on operating parameters of the wind turbine such as the RPM, wind speed and wind direction.
  • vibration levels may correlate well with audible noise levels in relatively narrow regions of the noise data, especially where the noise includes distinct frequencies that stand out from the broadband noise. Therefore, by identifying a region of interest in the noise data that may correspond to tonal noise, and correlating noise and vibration specifically in this region of interest, it is possible to use vibration level in a particular vibration sensor channel as a predictor for tonal noise. By determining a threshold vibration level for the vibration sensor channel where there is a correlation, subsequent possible tonal noise production can be identified from vibration data, and wind turbine operating parameters adjusted to reduce or avoid the production of tonal noise.
  • the wind turbine operating parameters that are adjusted may be one or more of the RPM, the power output and the blade pitch angle.
  • the wind turbine operating parameters may be adjusted such that the operation of the wind turbine remains within a predetermined operational envelope defined by one or more predetermined operational constraints, such as one or more of aero-noise constrains, wear constraints, load constraints and power output constraints.
  • the wind turbine operating parameters may also be adjusted so as to maximize power output while remaining within the operational envelope.
  • the method may further comprise acquiring wind turbine operating parameter data representing operating parameters of the wind turbine, such as RPM, power output, torque, wind speed and wind direction.
  • the wind turbine operating parameter data may be used to determine a set of wind turbine operating parameters corresponding to the region of interest.
  • the method may further comprise determining ranges for a set of wind turbine parameters based on wind turbine operating parameters in the region of interest. It may then be determined when the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeds the determined threshold vibration level and the wind turbine operating parameters are within determined ranges.
  • Tonal noise production and audibility is found to vary significantly depending on operating parameters of a wind turbine. Therefore, even though vibration levels for an identified sensor may correlate with noise in a region of interest, vibration levels detected by the identified sensor may not alone be a reliable predictor of tonal noise production and/or audibility. By determining a set of wind turbine operating parameters for which the vibration level and noise level correlates, a more accurate prediction of tonal noise production and audibility can be made.
  • the region of interest may be identified by determining a variation of detected noise levels in the noise data indicative of tonal noise. In some embodiments, the region of interest is identified by comparing a maximum noise level and a minimum noise level present in the noise data associated with one or more wind turbine parameters.
  • the one or more wind turbine parameters may be the RPM of the wind turbine. In this case, the region of interest may be an RPM range.
  • the method may further comprise determining a relationship between noise level, vibration level for the identified vibration sensor and, where wind turbine operating parameter data is available, one or more wind turbine operating parameters.
  • the determined relationship may be used to estimate a noise level based on a vibration level for the identified vibration sensor, or to predict a set of wind turbine operating parameters for which tonal noise is likely to be generated by the wind turbine.
  • the method further comprises estimating a noise level being produced by the wind turbine and adjusting one more wind turbine operating parameters in response to the noise level exceeding a predetermined noise level threshold. The estimate may be made in response to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeding the vibration level threshold, and may be made by determining a noise level corresponding to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor.
  • the estimate may be made by first determining a noise level corresponding to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor, and then converting the determined noise level into an estimate of tonal audibility in accordance with the methods described in section 9.5 of the third edition of IEC standard 61400-11.
  • the method further comprises estimating noise levels corresponding to one or more additional vibration sensors.
  • One or more wind turbine parameters can then be adjusted when a weighted sum of the noise level estimate for the identified vibration sensor and the noise level estimates for the one or more additional vibration sensors exceeds a predetermined noise threshold.
  • the weightings used in the weighted sum may be based on the strength of correlation between the noise data and vibration data for the respective vibration sensors in the region of interest.
  • Taking a weighted sum of noise estimates corresponding to multiple vibration sensors can produce an improved noise estimate that better accounts for and includes secondary and tertiary sources of vibration and noise, and which better describes the shapes of the modes responsible for the tonality.
  • the locations of the vibration sensors may be one or more of a gearbox, a generator, a main bearing housing, a main frame, a tower top or turbine blade root of the wind turbine. Vibration sensors may advantageously be located in the vicinity of components of the wind turbine that may be expected to generate or conduct vibration.
  • the vibration sensors may be sensors that are associated with a Condition Monitoring System (CMS) associated with the turbine.
  • CMS Condition Monitoring System
  • a controller for controlling a wind turbine or a wind power plant is also provided, the controller being configured to carry out the method of analyzing wind turbine noise.
  • the controller may be configured to send a notification to a remote user when the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeds the determined threshold.
  • the notification can comprise logged wind turbine operating parameters.
  • a wind turbine comprising such a controller and a wind power plant comprising such a controller are also provided.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a landscape with a wind power plant
  • Figure 2 is illustrates a large modern wind turbine
  • Figure 3 illustrates a simplified cross section of a nacelle, as seen from the side;
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of analyzing wind turbine noise
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of controlling a wind turbine to avoid tonal noise production
  • Figure 6 illustrates exemplary noise data and a method of identifying a region of interest in the noise data
  • Figure 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of analyzing wind turbine noise
  • Figure 8 is a flow chart illustrating a method of controlling a wind turbine to avoid tonal noise production.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a wind power plant (1) including a number of wind turbines (10a, 10b, 10c) and a neighbouring area (2) in which wind turbine noise is audible.
  • the wind power plant (1) can have any number of wind turbines greater than or equal to one, and the wind turbines can be wind turbine models known in the art.
  • a microphone (20) configured to capture noise data, including data representative of the noise produced by one or more of the wind turbines (10a, 10b, 10c) of the wind power plant.
  • the microphone captures noise data over a broad frequency spectrum and an extended time period with a suitable sampling rate, for example in accordance with the procedure described in the third edition of IEC 61400-11.
  • the noise data captured by the microphone (20) is communicated from the microphone for analysis. For example, it may be communicated to one or more computers (not shown) that analyze data for, and/or control the operation of, one or more of the wind turbines (10a, 10b, 10c) of the wind power plant.
  • Such computers may be internal or external to the wind power plant, and may be associated with one or more than one of the wind turbines of the wind power plant. That is, each wind turbine may be associated with one or more dedicated computers, or a plurality of wind turbines may share the one or more computers. While Figure 1 only shows one microphone (20), there may be additional microphones at other positions. There may, for example, be one or more microphones for each wind turbine. The noise data for the additional microphones can also be communicated for analysis. Separate channels of noise data may be treated independently or may be aggregated to produce a single noise dataset. It will also be appreciated that while Figure 1 shows the neighbouring area (2) to be a populated area, this is not essential. The microphone(s) may simply be at a known location, a known distance from the wind turbine(s).
  • Operating parameters of the one or more wind turbines (10a, 10b, 10c) may also be measured by appropriate sensors and recorded over time, as is known in the art.
  • the RPM, power output, torque and/or blade pitch angle of a wind turbine may be recorded over time.
  • the wind speed and/or wind direction at a wind turbine may also be recorded over time.
  • Wind turbine operating parameter data representative of any of these parameters may be communicated for analysis.
  • the wind turbine operating parameter data may be communicated to the computer(s) to which the noise data is communicated.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a large modern wind turbine (10) as known in the art, comprising a tower (11) and a wind turbine nacelle (13) positioned on top of the tower.
  • Wnd turbine blades (15) of a turbine rotor (12) are mounted on a common hub (14) which is connected to the nacelle (13) through the low speed shaft extending out of the nacelle front.
  • the wind turbine blades (15) of the turbine rotor (12) are connected to the hub (14) through pitch bearings (16), enabling the blades to be rotated around their longitudinal axis.
  • the pitch angle of the blades (15) can then be controlled by linear actuators, stepper motors or other means for rotating the blades.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a simplified cross section of a nacelle (13) of a wind turbine (10), as seen from the side.
  • the nacelle (13) exists in a multitude of variations and configurations but in most cases comprises one or more of following components: a gearbox (131), a coupling (not shown), some sort of braking system (132) and a generator (133).
  • a nacelle can also include a converter (134) (also called an inverter) and additional peripheral equipment such as further power handling equipment, control cabinets, hydraulic systems, cooling systems and more.
  • vibration sensors are positioned at different locations about the wind turbine (10) to capture vibration data representative of the vibration levels at the respective positions.
  • the vibration sensors are accelerometers, strain gauges or other sensors known in the art that are suitable for measuring vibration levels.
  • Vibration sensors can be positioned at any location about the wind turbine (10), but are preferably located in the vicinity of components of the wind turbine that may be expected to generate or conduct vibration.
  • vibration sensors may be located on any one or more of the components of the nacelle (13) referred to above.
  • Vibration sensors may additionally or alternatively be located in the vicinity of one or more of the main bearing housing, the main frame, the tower top or a blade root.
  • Vibration data from a plurality of vibration sensors are communicated from the vibration sensors for analysis.
  • the vibration data may be communicated to the same computer(s) to which the noise data is communicated.
  • the vibration sensors are vibration sensors associated with a Condition Monitoring System (CMS) that is associated with one or more wind turbines (10).
  • CMS Condition Monitoring System
  • Some known wind turbines are associated with a CMS that monitors vibration levels of components of the wind turbine to predict possible component failure. Where this is the case, such vibration sensors may be used to provide vibration data for the present invention. Additionally or alternatively, one or more vibration sensors that are not associated with a CMS may be used to acquire vibration data.
  • Figure 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method (400) of analyzing wind turbine noise according to one aspect of the present invention.
  • the analysis takes place in one or more computers, which may be internal or external to a wind power plant, and may be associated with one or more than one wind turbine of the wind turbines.
  • the one or more computers may be a controller for controlling a wind turbine or wind power plant, or may be in communication with a controller for controlling a wind turbine or wind power plant.
  • noise data representing noise produced by a wind turbine is acquired.
  • the noise data is acquired via one or more microphones that are positioned to capture noise produced by one or more wind turbines of a wind power plant, as described above with respect to Figure 1.
  • step 420 vibration data from a plurality of vibration sensors positioned at different locations about the wind turbine are acquired.
  • the vibration sensors capture vibration data representative of the vibration levels at the respective locations, as described above with respect to Figure 3.
  • a region of interest in the noise data is identified.
  • the region of interest is a region of the noise data which is considered to be a candidate for containing tonal noise produced by the wind turbine. This will usually be a region of the noise data where there is a sharp increase in the detected noise level.
  • the region of interest may be identified by determining a variation of detected noise levels in the noise data. Exemplary methods of identifying a region of interest will be described in more detail below with respect to Figure 6, and other methods will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • a vibration sensor for which the vibration level data correlates with the noise data in the region of interest is identified. Identifying such a sensor involves comparing the noise data and vibration level data in the region of interest, and may involve standard data correlation techniques. In order to compare the noise data and the vibration level data, it may be necessary to first time-synchronize the noise data and vibration level data. Where there is a correlation between vibration data and noise data in the region of interest for more than one of the vibration sensors, the vibration sensor whose data has the best correlation may be chosen. Alternatively, multiple vibration sensors may be identified.
  • a correlation value representative of the strength of the correlation between the noise data and vibration level data may be calculated, and the vibration sensor with the greatest correlation value, or vibration sensors with a correlation value exceeding a predetermined value, may be identified.
  • a vibration level threshold is determined for the identified vibration sensor.
  • vibration level thresholds may be determined for each of the identified vibration sensors.
  • the vibration level threshold is based on the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor in the region of interest, and may be determined in any number of ways.
  • the threshold vibration level may be determined to be equal to the vibration level detected by the identified sensor when the noise data exceeded a predetermined noise level threshold.
  • the threshold may be defined as the difference in maximum and minimum vibration levels detected by the identified vibration sensor in the region of interest.
  • step 460 it is determined when the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeds the determined vibration level threshold. Where more than one vibration sensor is identified in step 440, and more than one vibration level threshold is determined in step 450, it may be determined when any one or a combination of more than one of the determined thresholds are exceeded.
  • the sensor data may be considered indicative of output noise, particularly tonal noise, and this may be used in a subsequent control strategy, data recording strategy, or notification strategy, whereby the sensor data is used to control a further function within the wind turbine, or in an external system.
  • Techniques other than identifying a threshold value may therefore be used instead, and so steps 450 and 460 are optional.
  • the identified sensor data may be reported to another system (internal or external to the turbine or wind park control systems) for use as a substitute for noise data.
  • action may be taken by the turbine controller, wind park controller, or another system, when the sensor data meets one or more predetermined conditions, which indicate tonal noise is occurring.
  • an event is logged.
  • An event may also be logged in response to receiving a remote request. Such a remote request may be made by or in response to a wind turbine neighbour experiencing wind turbine noise. Logging an event can include recording the time at which the threshold was exceeded, the duration the threshold was exceeded and one or more wind turbine operating parameters such as the RPM, power output, torque, blade pitch angle, wind speed or wind direction.
  • the vibration levels detected by one or more of the vibration sensors may also be recorded. Logging events is advantageous as the recorded data can be compared to additional data indicative of noise levels generated by the wind turbine from alternative sources. For example, if a wind turbine neighbour submits a complaint about wind turbine noise at a particular time, it can be determined whether this time coincides with a logged event. Where it does coincide with a logged event, one or more wind turbine operating parameters at the time of the event are known and can be used to determine future wind turbine operation. If the time of the noise complaint does not coincide with a logged event, this can be used to determine whether threshold vibration levels need to be adjusted.
  • the one or more computers may be configured to send a notification to a remote user when the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeds the determined threshold.
  • the notification can include logged parameters such as the time the threshold was exceeded, the duration it was exceeded for, and/or one or more wind turbine operating parameters.
  • Figure 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method (500) of controlling a wind turbine to avoid tonal noise production according to another aspect of the present invention.
  • the wind turbine is controlled by a wind turbine controller that is associated with one or more than one wind turbine of a wind power plant. Steps of the method may take place in the controller, or may be split between the controller and one or more computers that are in communication with the controller.
  • step 510 noise data representing noise produced by a wind turbine is acquired, as explained above with respect to Figure 1 and step 410 of method 400.
  • step 520 vibration data from a plurality of vibration sensors positioned at different locations about the wind turbine are acquired, as described above with respect to Figure 3 and step 420 of method 400.
  • a region of interest in the noise data is identified.
  • the region of interest can be identified in the same way as is described above with respect to step 430 of method 400, and as explained in more detail below with reference to Figure 6.
  • a vibration sensor for which the vibration level data correlates with the noise data in the region of interest is identified.
  • the vibration sensor can be identified in the same way as described above with respect to step 440 of method 400.
  • a vibration level threshold is determined for the identified vibration sensor.
  • the vibration level threshold can be determined in the same way as described above with respect to step 450 of method 400.
  • one or more wind turbine operating parameters are adjusted in response to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeding the determined vibration level threshold.
  • one or more wind turbine operating parameters may be adjusted in response to any one or combination of one or more of the vibration levels detected in the respective identified vibration sensors exceeding the respective determined vibration level thresholds.
  • the one or more wind turbine operating parameters that are adjusted may be one or more of the RPM of the wind turbine, the power output of the wind turbine, the torque produced, and the blade pitch angle of the blades of the wind turbine.
  • the wind turbine operating parameters are adjusted to reduce or avoid tonal noise production by the wind turbine.
  • the adjustment may further take into account a
  • an operational envelope may be defined separately to the embodiments described herein, taking into account one or more constraints such as aero- noise constraints, wear constraints, load constraints and power output constraints. Such constraints may depend, for example, on time of day (additional aero-noise constraints may exist during the night) and wind speed.
  • the one or more operating parameters may be adjusted to reduce or avoid tonal noise production while also remaining within the operational envelope, and may also be adjusted so as to maximise energy production while remaining within the operational envelope.
  • the methods (400, 500) further comprise acquiring wind turbine operating parameter data representing operating parameters of the wind turbine, such as the RPM, power output, torque, blade pitch angle, wind direction and wind speed. Such parameters are measured by appropriate sensors, as described above with respect to Figure 1.
  • the methods (400, 500) may further comprise determining a set of one or more operating parameters from the operating parameter data for the region of interest.
  • the method may also involve determining a set of operating parameter ranges corresponding to the region of interest in the noise data. For example, for a given region of interest, the extremes of an operating parameter range may correspond to the smallest and largest values of that operating parameter in the region of interest.
  • steps 460 and 560 of methods 400 and 500 may be modified so that it is determined when, or adjustments to one or more wind turbine operating parameters are made when, the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeds the determined threshold and at the same time one or more wind turbine operating parameters are detected to be within the determined set of operating parameters ranges.
  • events may only be logged when both the vibration level detected by the identified sensor exceeds the determined threshold and the one or more wind turbine operating parameters are detected to be within the determined set of operating parameters ranges.
  • the methods (400, 500) further comprise determining a relationship between noise level, vibration level for the identified vibration sensor and, where relevant data has been acquired, one or more wind turbine operating parameters. The determined
  • relationship may be used to predict a set of wind turbine operating parameters for which tonal noise is likely to be generated by the wind turbine.
  • the noise data and the wind turbine operating parameter data are combined to produce data representing noise produced by the wind turbine as a function of one or more wind turbine operating parameters. This may require time-synchronizing the noise data and wind turbine operating parameter data.
  • the region of interest in the noise data may then be identified from the combined data, in which case an operating parameter range(s) may be determined as the range(s) of operating parameters used to define the region of interest.
  • the noise data is combined with RPM data to give data representing the noise produced by the wind turbine as a function of, or in relation to, the RPM of the wind turbine.
  • the region of interest may then be determined from this data, in which case the region of interest in the noise data would correspond to a range of RPM values.
  • Figure 6 shows exemplary noise data and illustrates a method of identifying a region of interest in noise data in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • the measured sound pressure which represents noise
  • the RPM of the turbine is plotted on the horizontal axis.
  • Two curves are shown: a solid curve (610) representing the maximum measured sound pressure as a function of RPM, and a dashed curve (620) representing the minimum measured sound pressure a function of RPM.
  • a solid curve (610) representing the maximum measured sound pressure as a function of RPM
  • a dashed curve (620) representing the minimum measured sound pressure a function of RPM.
  • RPMi and RPM 2 there is a greater deviation between the maximum and minimum measured sound pressures. Such a deviation may indicate that the wind turbine was producing tonal noise when the RPM of the wind turbine was between RPMi and RPM 2 .
  • the RPM range between RPMi and RPM 2 may then be identified as a region of interest in the noise data. Determining the values of RPMi and RPM 2 may involve determining RPM values at which the deviation between the maximum and minimum measured noise (sound pressure) exceeds a predetermined threshold. Alternatively, RPMi and RPM 2 may be RPM values between which the average variation between the maximum and minimum measured noise exceeds predetermined threshold.
  • noise data may be analyzed to determine RPM intervals in the data in which tonality is most pronounced, for example in accordance with the IEC 61400-1 1 standard. Other ways of determining values will be apparent to one skilled in the art.
  • FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a method (700) of analyzing wind turbine noise according to one aspect of the present invention. Like method 400, the analysis takes place in one or more computers, which may be internal or external to a wind power plant, and may be associated with one or more than one wind turbine of the wind turbines.
  • the one or more computers may be a controller for controlling a wind turbine or wind power plant, or may be in communication with a controller for controlling a wind turbine or wind power plant.
  • Steps 710 and 720 correspond to steps 410 and 420 of method 400, where noise data representing noise produced by a wind turbine and vibration data from a plurality of vibration sensors positioned at different locations about the wind turbine are acquired.
  • step 730 which may be performed in addition to steps 430 and 440, a second vibration sensor for which the vibration level data generally correlates with the noise data is identified. That is, rather than identifying one or more sensors the data for which correlate specifically in a region of interest of the noise data, one or more sensors the data for which correlate over a broad range are identified.
  • step 730 may involve identifying one or more second vibration sensors for which the vibration level data correlate with the noise data outside of the region identified in step 420. Data from the identified second vibration sensor may be used to determine levels of noise emitted by a wind turbine.
  • a vibration level threshold is determined for each of the identified second vibration sensors. The vibration level threshold is based on the vibration level detected by the respective identified second vibration sensor, and may be determined in any number of ways. For example, the threshold vibration level for the identified second vibration sensor may be determined to be equal to the vibration level detected by the identified sensor when the noise data exceeded a predetermined noise level threshold. As another example, the threshold may be equal to the maximum or minimum vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor.
  • step 750 which may be performed in addition to step 460, it is determined when the vibration level detected by the identified second vibration sensor exceeds the vibration level threshold determined for the second vibration sensor.
  • the sensor data may be considered indicative of output noise, particularly tonal noise, and this may be used in a subsequent control strategy, data recording strategy, or notification strategy, whereby the sensor data is used to control a further function within the wind turbine, or in an external system.
  • Techniques other than identifying a threshold value may therefore be used instead, and so steps 740 and 750 are optional.
  • the identified sensor data may be reported to another system (internal or external to the turbine or wind park control systems) for use as a substitute for noise data.
  • action may be taken by the turbine controller, wind park controller, or another system, when the sensor data meets one or more predetermined conditions, which indicate the level of noise occurring.
  • the second sensor data may be used in conjunction with the first sensor data.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a method (800) of controlling a wind turbine to avoid tonal noise production according to an aspect of the invention.
  • the wind turbine may be controlled by a wind turbine controller that is associated with one or more than one wind turbines of a wind power plant, and the wind turbine can be any wind turbine as described previously. Steps of the method may take place in the controller, or may be split between the controller and one or more computers that are in communication with the controller.
  • an estimate of a noise level being produced by a wind turbine is made based on a vibration level detected by a first vibration sensor positioned at a first location about the wind turbine.
  • the first vibration sensor can be the vibration sensor identified in step 440 or 540 of methods 400 and 500, and the estimate of the noise level produced by the wind turbine may be made in response to the vibration level detected by the identified vibration sensor exceeding the threshold determined in steps 450 and 500 of methods 400 and 500.
  • the estimate may be made using a determined relationship between noise level, vibration level in the identified vibration sensor, and optionally one or more wind turbine operating parameters.
  • step 810 may further involve converting the noise estimate based on the detected vibration level into an estimate of tonal audibility in accordance with the methods described in section 9.5 of the third edition of IEC standard 61400-11.
  • noise estimates are made for one or more additional vibration sensors positioned at different locations about the wind turbine, based on the vibration levels detected by the respective vibration sensors.
  • the one or more additional vibration sensors may be additional vibration sensors identified in steps 440 and 540, and/or may be vibration sensors identified in step 730 of method 700.
  • the estimates may be made based on determined relationships for the one or more additional vibration sensors.
  • a weighted sum of the noise estimates made in steps 810 and 820 is taken.
  • the respective weightings used in the weighted sum are all equal to one.
  • the respective weightings are based on the strength of a correlation between the noise data and vibration data for the respective vibration sensor, particularly in the region of interest of methods 400 and 500. Taking a weighted sum of noise estimates corresponding to multiple vibration sensors can produce an improved noise estimate that better accounts for and includes secondary and tertiary noise sources, and which better describes the shapes of the modes responsible for the tonality.
  • step 840 one or more wind turbine operating parameters are adjusted if the weighted sum of the noise estimates exceeds a predetermined threshold. Where optional steps 820 and 830 are not performed, one or more wind turbine operating parameters are adjusted if the noise estimate for the first vibration sensor of the noise estimates exceeds a predetermined threshold.
  • Step 840 may be performed in addition to or alternatively to step 560 of method 500.
  • the turbine noise data used to correlate vibration sensor data to noise has been described above as being detected using one or more microphones. However, for the avoidance of doubt, noise data can be obtained from other sources, and so a microphone is not a requirement.
  • the noise data can be calculated using one or more noise emission models for wind turbines, a number of which are well known in the art. The models may take one or more turbine or wind farm parameters as inputs and provide, as an output, noise data indicating the volume and frequencies of emitted noise at various distances from the wind turbine.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de commande d'une éolienne pour éviter la production de bruit auditif. Le procédé consiste à acquérir (510) des données de bruit représentant le bruit produit par une éolienne et à acquérir (520) des données provenant d'une pluralité de capteurs de vibration positionnés à différents emplacements autour de l'éolienne. Le procédé consiste en outre à identifier (530) une région d'intérêt dans les données de bruit, la région d'intérêt étant un candidat pour contenir un bruit auditif généré par l'éolienne, et à identifier (540) un capteur de vibration, dont les données sont en corrélation avec les données de bruit dans la région d'intérêt. Le procédé consiste en outre à déterminer (550) un niveau de vibration de seuil pour le capteur de vibration identifié, le seuil étant basé sur le niveau de vibration détecté par le capteur de vibration identifié dans la région d'intérêt, et à ajuster (560) un ou plusieurs paramètres de fonctionnement de la turbine éolienne en réponse au niveau de vibration détecté par le capteur de vibration identifié dépassant le seuil.
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